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To Balance the Budget -- Does America Want an Amendment??

Relevance Score: 2.052    2011-08-29 14:50:40

We all know that the federal budget is out of control We know that the debt, which has reached a number far too large for most of us to easily comprehend, can not continue to rise without catastrophic results. We know that our government can not continue to operate as ...

Oh, Look! The President's Jobs Bill Does Exist!

Relevance Score: 2.036    2011-10-03 09:45:13

Last week, I chronicled my search for President Obama's jobs bill. It took me more than two weeks, but I managed to track it down, finally, as a real and introduced bill on which Congress could take action. Except they couldn't. The problem last week was that the Government Printing ...

4 steps to turning around the economy

Relevance Score: 2.004    2011-07-16 16:06:15

Albert Einstein defined the term insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Conversely, could insanity also be defined as expecting the same results but doing completely different things over and over again? Peter Ferrara wrote an Op Ed in the Wall Street Journal February ...

Double counting and another $540 billion to the deficit

Relevance Score: 1.851    2012-04-10 12:01:25

Only in Washington can 2+2=7. A new study being released by Charles Blahous, Republican member of the board that oversees Medicare financing, finds that the new health-care law will add anywhere from $340-$540 billion to the deficit instead of controling costs as it was sold to do. How can that happen? Federal government ...

Stop them Before They Spend Again

Relevance Score: 1.797    2012-08-15 14:37:26

One of the central arguments against big government is that a few of us is not smarter than all of us. That is, a relatively small number of bureaucrats in Washington can not make decisions for us, can not manage our economy, can not create jobs, can not ensure our ...

The Majority Matters When It Comes to Earmarks

Relevance Score: 1.781    2014-01-15 14:35:14

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Spending Bills—The Bad and the Really Bad

Relevance Score: 1.737    2011-08-21 16:23:01

It looks like people don’t like spending. Not one of the spending bills for fiscal year 2012 enjoys the support of a majority of WashingtonWatch.com voters. Every bill on WashingtonWatch.com has a running vote. It’s not the most scientific vote the world ever saw, but it can give you an idea of where our visitors stand on a given bill.

Did You Know: The first earmark ever requested was vetoed.

Relevance Score: 1.712    2011-01-03 11:39:42

That's right. The first earmark ever requested was vetoed by President James Madison, who called the spending unconstitutional. Jim Cox writes: "The first known Member of Congress to write a bill specifically requesting an appropriation of funds for a specific project was Congressman John C. Calhoun of South Carolina (7th Vice President of the United States) who requested funds in 1817 under the Bonus Bill for 'internal improvements.'"

How Is Our Federal Government like a Giant Hairball?

Relevance Score: 1.629    2012-03-02 10:28:13

In his 2009 inauguration speech, President Obama noted the need to figure out whether the government is working and, as he stated, “Where the answer is no, “programs will end”. I agree. For an example as to whether current government programs are working, let's look at the federal housing programs. The recently ...

The CBO Tells Us the Score, But It's Wrong.

Relevance Score: 1.571    2011-10-11 16:19:42

The Congressional Budget Office has released its estimate of the surtax Senate Democrats and President Obama want to levy on "millionaires" to pay for his jobs bill. The results are encouraging for those who like the bill. The Congressional Budget Office said Friday the Senate Democrats’ proposed surtax on millionaires would ...

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